Ashburn, Georgia
Giant Peanut Monument
A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.
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Ashburn, Georgia
A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.
Turku, Finland
Pigduck of Turku.
Tanumshede, Sweden
Despite the groans of archaeologists, this astounding groups of Bronze Age petroglyphs have been painted red for tourists.
Jevnaker, Norway
The grounds and buildings of an old wood pulp mill have been transformed into an innovative art park and museum.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Cordele, Georgia
A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.
Moss Beach, California
A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.
Pacifica, California
The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.
Pacifica, California
The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
Avery Island, Louisiana
For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.
Kiruna, Sweden
The world's largest underground iron ore mine.
Kiruna, Sweden
Few remain of these distinctive old trees that once served as natural landmarks for travelers on the road.
Kiruna, Sweden
The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.
Enontekiö, Finland
This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.
St. Augustine, Florida
One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.
St. Augustine, Florida
Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Apollo Beach, Florida
Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.
Ona, Florida
Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.
North Port, Florida
This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.
Sarasota, Florida
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.